diff --git a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
index ddc680286a..4e721c6b10 100644
--- a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ global
     group haproxy
     daemon
     stats socket /var/run/haproxy-stat user haproxy group nrpe mode 0664
+    stats socket /var/run/haproxy-admin level admin user root group sysadmin-main mode 0660
     #debug
     #quiet